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The Yoga Festival is a spiritually charged event, celebrating music, yoga, wellness and dance. What: Yoga Festival Where: Calpe, Spain When: June 1-3, 2018 Where To Stay: Calpe Hotels City2Sands Festivals is planning another Yoga, Music culinary and Dance Festival, featuring talented bands from all over the globe, including South Africa, the Netherlands, Spain, the United Kingdom and Argentina. Featuring top international yoga […]

The Fallas de Valencia Festival is unlike any other. Huge puppets, check! Bonfires, check! Fireworks, check! When: Each year the Fallas de Valencia takes place from March 15 – March 19. Where: Valencia, Spain. Where To Stay: Valencia Hotels The Fallas de Valencia in Spain is an eccentric 5-day long festival including parades, fireworks, pageants […]

The Pancake Festival (Maslenitsa Festival) is a traditional Russian holiday that has become a feast to celebrate the end of winter, and beginning of spring. Where: Celebrated throughout Russia, with Moscow being a main venue When: The last week before Great Lent (Usually between February and March, annually) Where To Stay: Moscow hotels While some […]

Mohácsi Busójárás is Hungary’s largest carnival, and attracts tens of thousands of visitors from around the world. Where: Mohacs, Hungary When: February 16-21, 2012, February 7-12, 2013 Where To Stay: Mohacs Hotels Held at the end of the fall carnival each year, the Mohácsi Busójárás is a welcoming of the spring and fertility. Celebrated by […]

The Holi Festival may just be the world’s most colorful festival! Where: Primarily celebrated in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Nepal. When: March, annually. Holi Festival is the Hindu Festival of Colors. Dating back to the 7th century, Holi Festival is celebrated by throwing brightly colored powder, perfume and water at one another, the Holi Festival […]

Rouketopolemos, or the Church Rocket War, is one of the most unique festival in the world! Where: Vrontados, Chios Island, Greece When: Easter Sunday, annually. Where To Stay: Chios Hotels Ready! Aim! Fire! On the Greek island of Chios, is a small town called Vrontados with two churches – Agios Markos and Panagia Erithiani. Each […]

Check out the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta! Where: Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A. The Balloon Fiesta Park is located north of Alameda Boulevard, one mile west of I-25. When: Generally starts the first weekend in October. Park gates open at 4:30am Local Hotels: Albuquerque hotels In October, Albuquerque’s skies are filled with nearly 600 hot air balloons, […]

The Annecy Festival gives you a taste of the Italian Venetian Carnival in the picturesque Alpines. Where: Annecy, France When: The end of February or beginning of March, annually Where To Stay: Annecy Hotels Cost: Free The French take on the Venetian Carnival takes place for two and a half days in February each year, […]

Yi Peng Festival is Northern Thailand’s Festival of Lights. Where: Chiang Mai, Thailand When: Usually November (second month of lunar calendar on a full moon) Where To Stay: Chiang Mai Hotels Coinciding with the Loy Krathong Festival, Yi Peng takes place on the second month of the lunar calendar on a full moon, where paper […]

The Fete des Lumieres illuminates picturesque Lyon, France, in a colorful festival of lights! Where: Downtown Lyon, France When: December 8-11, 2012 and annually Places To Stay: Lyon Hotels Let there be light! For four days, from December 8-11, Lyon is alit with bright colors, for the Fete des Lumieres. Each house places candles in […]